“What world do you live in?” asked one angry Twitter user, reading the BBC headline
After accusations of sexism, the BBC admitted today that the title in a news item regarding New Zealand Prime Minister resigns Jacinda Ardern he was “unsuitable”.
Jacinda Ardern, 42, announced Thursday that she will step down at the beginning of February after five and a half years in power, saying she “no longer has the energy” for another term.
Covering the news, BBC World then shared an article on social media with the headline: “Jacinda Ardern quits: can women really have it all?“»
The phrase caused an uproar on social media, with many netizens calling it sexist.
“We quickly recognized that the original title was not appropriate and changed it. We have also deleted the relevant tweet” with the article, a BBC spokesman told AFP today.
“What world do you live in?asked one angry Twitter user.
“Shame on you, BBCWorld“, complained another. “Jacinda Ardern has been a leader and international hero for years. Thanks to her, many other women have greater ambitions and will experience greater success. She did it all».
During her tenure, Ardern has dealt with the Covid-19 pandemic, a deadly volcanic eruption and the worst terrorist attack in the country’s history, the massacre of 51 Muslim worshipers at a Christchurch mosque by a racist white supremacist in 2019.
Very popular overseas, having graced the covers of Vogue and Time magazines, he has long enjoyed record approval ratings in New Zealand as well, where the media sometimes even speak of “Jacindamania”, “Jacinda mania”.
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